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South Korean conscientious objectors keep up fight against military service

juni 26, 2015by 0

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It was a prison term, Lee Min-young says, that he had been anticipating his whole life, and on Friday it was finally confirmed: The 25-year-old was sent to spend 18 months behind bars. That is Lee’s punishment for objecting to South Korea’s mandatory military service for all able-bodied men. The question of how to respect the civil and religious rights of those who refuse combat duty faces South Korean politicians and military seeking to maintain a fighting force capable of deterring North Korea. Lee is from a family of Jehovah’s Witnesses and says that military service requirements to fire a weapon, and possibly engage in combat with North Korean soldiers, conflict with…

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